Centrifuge discharge means

Claim 1

IN A CENTRIFUGE ROTOR HAVING FEED MEANS, DISCHARGE MEANS FOR A LIGHTER EFFIUENT, AND FOR A HEAVIER DISCHARGE A PERIPHERAL OUTLET COMPRISING IN THE WALL OF THE ROTOR A RADIAL OPENING HAVING AN ENLARGED INNER PORTION TO PRESENT AN INWARDLY FACING RADIAL SHOULDER, A CUP-SHAPED NOZZLE HOLDER HAVING DISCHARGE OPENING MEANS SPACED FROM THE MOUTH THEREOF AND A FLANGE ABOUT THE MOUTH, THE HOLDER BEING MOUNTED IN THE OPENING, THE CLOSED END OF THE HOLDER BEING THE END MORE REMOTE FROM THE AXIS OF THE BOWL AND THE FLANGE ABUTTING THE SHOULDER; THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN SAID NOZZLE HOLDER HAS AN ENLARGED INNER DIAMETER IN AN ANNULAR ZONE ADJACENT ITS MOUTH TO PRESENT AT THE OUTER END OF THE ZONE AN ANNULAR SHOULDER SPACED FROM THE INNER END OF THE HOLDER, AN INWARDLY DIRECTED TUBULAR ELEMENT, THE OUTER END OF THE TUBULAR ELEMENT RECEIVED SNUGLY INTO THE ZONE AND ABUTTING THE ANNULAR SHOULDER, THE INNER END OF THE TUBULAR ELEMENT BEING SPACED INWARD FROM THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE PERIPHERAL WALL OF THE ROTOR MOST REMOTE FROM THE AXIS, AND A SEALING RING SURROUNDING THE TUBULAR ELEMENT IN THE ANNULAR ZONE TO SEAL THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TUBULAR ELEMENT AND THE HOLDER, THE OUTER END OF THE TUBULAR ELEMENT CARRYING AN ORIFICE PLATE TO RESTRICT FLOW THROUGH THE TUBULAR ELEMENT.